Post on 30-May-2020
3000 BC
CLAY TABLETS are used to record commercial transactions. Backup consisted of duplicating the tablets.
PAPYRUS star ts being used in Egypt. Manually copying a papyrus is the only form of safeguarding it.
197 BC
VELLUM OR PARCHMENT , made from animal skin, eventually replaced papyrus.
1960S
MAGNET IC TAPES star t replacing punch cards for data storage.
1969F IRST F LOPPY D ISK
1970S
TAPE CARTR IDGES and cassette tapes star t being widely used as a low cost data storage system.
1890S
HERMAN HOLLER ITH invented the punch card, so that data could be recorded in a medium that could also be read by a machine.
105 AD
PAPER is invented and kept in safes for storage and protection.
1800S
TYPEWRITERS are invented, gaining momentum in the 1860s. Carbon paper was used to create copies of typed documents, to be stored
1900-1950S
PUNCH CARDS are the primary method for data entry, data storage, and data processing. Cards had to be handled with care and stored accordingly.
1980S
CD-R & CD-RW conquered the market.
1982MAYNARD ELECTRONICS is founded, and Archive, a backup software that later is renamed Backup Exec, is created.
1987DAT (D IG ITAL AUDIO STORAGE) tapes hit the market, gain interest from the corporate world for data storage and backup.
EARLY '90S
DECL IN ING COSTS of rewritable CDs (CD-RW) help boost the media as a viable
Later replaced by DVDs.
1994
IOMEGA Z IP DR IVE , is released, becoming very popular.
LATE '90S
SANs (STORAGE AREA NETWORKS) gain traction in the corporate world. VTL (vir tual tape libraries) start being used to replace tape libraries.
2000S
USB FLASH DR IVE enters the market. Kills IOMEGA and their removable disks.
MID 2000S
EXTERNAL HARD DR IVES star t gaining market share and being used for backup.
LATE 2000S
NAS (NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE) climbs in reputation in the corporate world.
2005
VTL GAINS WIDER ADOPT ION , replacing tape libraries in an increasing number of companies.
2006AMAZON LAUNCHES EC2, and S3 for cloud storage.
2007DROPBOX FOUNDED , makes cheap cloud storage available for
of cloud platform for data protection and recovery, focusing on the corporate market.
2009SSD (SOL ID STATE STORAGE) technology star ts gaining traction and wider adoption.
2013SYMANTEC EX ITS THE
GARTNER RELEASES
CLOUD SPACE shutting down Backup Exec.cloud. Gartner coins the term "Recovery-as-a-Service" based on the popularity of cloud-based disaster
estimates a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of at least
2500 BC
20152015
the first Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
IDC PUBL ISHESthe first MarketScape report for DRaaS. DRaaS gains momentum as the next step in the evolution of data protection and recovery.
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